<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Who knew things grew in NYC?]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/plant-power/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:17:09 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/plant-power/1 Baby Einstein

Parents care about their kids being smart.  So they buy educational DVDs...like "Baby Einstein".

Only problem is: the educational programs are making their kids stupider than regular TV !!

This could be the case with "Global Warming" where ill informed "fixes" do more harm than doing nothing.

http://www.sltrib.com/homeandfamily/ci_6609300

Overuse of such productions may slow language development among babies who are 8 to 16 months old, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute.

    For every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants understood an average of six to eight fewer words than infants who did not watch them. Baby DVDs and videos had no positive or negative effect on the vocabularies on toddlers 17 to 24 months old, according to the study published this month in the Journal of Pediatrics.

John Bailo
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Parents care about their kids being smart.  So they buy educational DVDs...like "Baby Einstein".

Only problem is: the educational programs are making their kids stupider than regular TV !!

This could be the case with "Global Warming" where ill informed "fixes" do more harm than doing nothing.

http://www.sltrib.com/homeandfamily/ci_6609300

Overuse of such productions may slow language development among babies who are 8 to 16 months old, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute.

    For every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants understood an average of six to eight fewer words than infants who did not watch them. Baby DVDs and videos had no positive or negative effect on the vocabularies on toddlers 17 to 24 months old, according to the study published this month in the Journal of Pediatrics.

John Bailo
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]]> Comment #2 by wiscidea http://www.grist.org/article/plant-power/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:25:04 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/plant-power/2 adopt native plants

I would like to see an organized effort to encourage individuals and small groups to adopt native plants. Pick one you find attractive, acquire seed from a variety of local sources (to ensure genetic diversity and preserve local ecotype), and become an expert as far as growing and propagating that species. Perhaps learn about its evolution, niche, and how it affects other organisms as well.

I realize individuals and groups work to preserve entire ecosystems, but this would be an opportunity for someone with a small garden or limited time to do more to preserve a species.

Just an idea.

I think this is already being done for medicinal plants, but I've forgotten the name of the organization.

Forward!

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I would like to see an organized effort to encourage individuals and small groups to adopt native plants. Pick one you find attractive, acquire seed from a variety of local sources (to ensure genetic diversity and preserve local ecotype), and become an expert as far as growing and propagating that species. Perhaps learn about its evolution, niche, and how it affects other organisms as well.

I realize individuals and groups work to preserve entire ecosystems, but this would be an opportunity for someone with a small garden or limited time to do more to preserve a species.

Just an idea.

I think this is already being done for medicinal plants, but I've forgotten the name of the organization.

Forward!

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